• Thu. Jul 3rd, 2008 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
• West Suburban Chicago PHP Meetup
• Wheaton, IL
• Address: Panera Bread, 25 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, IL. 60187
• Fee: 0
• RSVP @ meetup.com

This month, I\’ll be presenting Subversion, one of the leading version control systems out there. Even if you\’re a team of one, version control can save you numerous headaches. Come learn how you can put it to use!

Be sure to visit our website/blog at suburbanchicagophp.org!

Questions? Contact: http://php.meetup.com/381

• Wed. May 21st, 2008 @ 10:00am - 1:00pm
• Coverity
• Free webinar Online
• Fee: Free
• RSVP website

Open Source Uncovered, what a Department of Homeland Security Scan Reveals about Open Source-

A SD Times Webinar
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 1:00p.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. PDT

Launched as a joint venture with support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Coverity’s Scan site began providing static source code analysis to open source developers in March 2006. Over 250 open source projects are now involved with the Scan site, including well known projects such as Samba, Linux, and OpenSSL. In total, the 250 projects represent 50 million lines of code that are analyzed on an ongoing basis to identify potential security and quality defects. To date, more than 8,500 defects have been eliminated by open source developers using information from the Scan site.

We invite you to join David Maxwell, Coverity’s open source strategist as well as an open source developer on the NetBSD project as he reviews how the open source projects at the Scan site have leveraged static analysis to improve their code.

Maxwell will also present original analysis based on data collected by the Scan site regarding overall code quality in open source projects, common defect types and many other findings based on the aggregate, daily evaluation of more than 50 million lines of open source code from early 2006 to 2008.

Moderator: David Worthington, Associate Editor, SD Times

Speaker: David Maxwell, Coverity’s Open Source Strategist, responsible for Scan and other open source efforts.

David Maxwell is a Coverity employee, and open source developer on the NetBSD project. He works to provide ongoing static analysis to open source projects so that their developers can fix software defects before they affect users.

To register for the webinar click the RVSP website .

Questions? Contact: mailto:reply@coverity.com

• Fri. Apr 4th, 2008 @ 12:00am - Sat. Apr 5th, 2008 @ 12:00am
• UIC LUG/UIC ACM
• UIC
• Address: 842 west taylor st, chicago,il
• Fee: 0
• http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php

To everyone interested,

The University of Illinois at Chicago Linux Users Group (UIC-LUG) and the University of Illinois at Chicago Association for Computing
Machinery (UIC-ACM) are hosting their second annual Flourish Conference promoting the adoption and use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). The UIC-LUG and UIC-ACM would like to invite you to attend this glorious event. The entire conference is free

with registration (or $ 5 at the door), but please do register if you plant to
attend please lets us know how many people we should expect. http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php.

Some of our featured speakers will include: Bruce Perens from Source Labs, Jon “maddog” Hall from Linux International, Brian Fitzpatrick (and Ben Collins-Sussman) from Google, Dru Lavigne from Open Source Business Resource and BSD Certification Group Inc., among many others.

We will be hosting a variety of events which include but are not limited to: BarCamp Mini, Flourish Mini-expo, WAFD (Web Application Framework Development) Rumble, Networking Events, and Hack-a-Thon, BSDA Examination. For more information please visit: http://www.flourishconf.com/flourish2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30

Flourish 2008 will be held on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5th. We expect the conference attendance to be between 300 and 400 people. Please reply and let me know whether or not you will be attending Flourish 2008.

Organizations/Developers: We still have open tables in the expo space, if you’d like to use one of the tables to advertise your said organization or promote an event. We are also still looking for developers to represent the various Web frameworks. If anyone is interested in participating, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you,

Samir Faci

Flourish Public Relations

Questions? Contact: samir at esamir dot com

• Thu. Mar 6th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Intelestream
• Please RSVP first
• Fee: Free
• Register for the event at meetup.com

Meet with others in the Chicagoland area to share knowledge about SugarCRM. Learn from SugarCRM experts and hear others present their lessons learned across all areas of SugarCRM.

A great deal has occurred in the world of SugarCRM since our January meeting. A key software patch has been released, new plug-ins have been developed to enhance the application, and a major annual conference took place in San Jose that has shaped the future of SugarCRM.

Come join us to learn and exchange information about SugarCRM!

Member Profiles: Business Users of SugarCRM, Devlopers of SugarCRM, Prospects/Customers of SugarCRM, and Partners of SugarCRM. Both Open Source and Commercial Versions will be included in discussions.

If you are already using SugarCRM or just looking to learn more about SugarCRM before making your CRM decision, the Chicagoland SugarCRM meetup is for you!

As with all our meetings, all are welcome to attend - From absolute beginner to expert developer.

Questions? Contact: stafford (at) intelestream.net

• Thu. Jan 31st, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Jason Green - Intelestream
• Please RSVP first
• Fee: Free
• Register for the event at meetup.com

Meet with others in the Chicagoland area to share knowledge about SugarCRM. Learn from SugarCRM experts and hear others present their lessons learned across all areas of SugarCRM.

Member Profiles: Business Users of SugarCRM, Devlopers of SugarCRM, Prospects/Customers of SugarCRM, and Partners of SugarCRM. Both Open Source and Commercial Versions will be included in discussions.

If you are already using SugarCRM or just looking to learn more about SugarCRM before making your CRM decision, the Chicagoland SugarCRM meetup is for you!

Questions? Contact: stafford (at) intelestream.net

• Wed. Oct 24th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Business Network Chicago
• Weber Grill
• Address: 539 N State Street in Chicago
• Fee: $ 20
• Online sign-up

Join us at the October BNC IT Speed Networking Event. You don’t have to be a member to attend. You just have to possess a desire to meet IT and IT related professionals who can help you with your career or IT needs.

Questions? Contact: jpic333@hotmail.com

• Fri. Sep 28th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - Sat. Sep 29th, 2007 @ 5:00pm
• SilverlightDevCampChicago Wiki
• Clarity Consulting
• Address: 1 N Franklin Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: Free
• Add your name to the attendees list on the Wiki

SilverlightDevCampChicago is an upcoming gathering, inspired by BarCamp, to build Silverlight applications, It is organized by volunteers & Silverlight enthusiasts, with attendance free to all. It is the same weekend as Adobe MAX, but Adobe MAX costs $ 1,495. This is free to attend. Plus you can help plan it or lead sessions with a simple edit of the event wiki page.

While similar to iPhoneDevCamp this event is focused on a singular technology, we would like offer some diverse sessions like using PHP to generate Silverlight content, IronRuby/IronPython & the DLR or Moonlight on Linux.

Attendees will include web designers, developers, testers, all working together over the weekend to build Silverlight applications, share experiences, ask questions, and push the limits of web application design. If you are interested in Silverlight, but have not had time to learn, this is your chance to get up to speed. Plus you will be able network with other developers in the Chicago area who are interested in Silverlight.

In the barcamp spirit, this is a community event driven by developers around the area. If you have ideas for topics or you want to show off some Silverlight applications you have built, please add it to SilverlightDevCampChicagoSessions

Questions? Contact: silverlightdevcamp@gmail.com

• Tue. Sep 25th, 2007 @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm
• Business Network Chicago
• Midtown Kitchen & Bar
• Address: 203 N. LaSalle (in the loop, just North of State of IL building)
• Fee: 17.00
• register online

Please join us for the next gathering of the BNC IT Group. This month Robert Harney will be our guest speaker. Robert is the president of RHS Telecom (www.rhstelecom.com). The presentation is called ‘Pay Close Attention to What is Behind the Curtain’. Robert will be talking about all the things you need to consider when choosing a telecommunications service for your company.

You will notice that with this event there are some differences: 1) it is an early evening/after work event, 2) it is scheduled to last 2 hours, 3) the first 30 minutes will be used for mingling and 4) there will be a cash bar. At 6:00 pm, we will have the 15 minute presentation from Robert Harney and then we will begin our speed networking table rotations.

All attendees will be charged a fee of $ 17.00 which covers the cost of some appetizers and the room. Because we will have a cash bar, you will be responsible for paying for your own drinks. The registration fee will be collected on line at http://sept07bncitgroup.eventbrite.com. Once you have paid the registration fee, you will receive an email confirming your RSVP.

RSVPs will be required in order to attend the event. Midtown Kitchen & Bar requires a guaranteed head count by Friday, Sept 21, at noon. Therefore, no reservations will be accepted after Friday, Sept 21st at 11:00am CST.

Space is limited so make your reservation early. Once all seats are filled, you must send me an email to have your name put on the wait list. If space opens up, you will be sent an email or I will call you to tell you how to submit your registration fee and receive your RSVP confirmation.

Please bring your business cards and/or hand bills which you can share with the other attendees when you move from table to table. An attendee list will be included in the handouts packet which is distributed to all attendees.

To contact me:
Call: 312-431-8335
Email: jpic333@hotmail.com

We actually had to turn people away at our last event. Our group is growing. I am starting out with 36 spaces this time. However, I expect that the space will be filled quickly so don’t wait until the last minute. Sign-up early to make sure you can attend our first evening networking event.

See you there,
Jean Pickering President The Tektite Group, LLC

• Wed. Jun 27th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

Flu pandemics, terrorism, hurricanes and other disasters dictate companies immediate response. Executives must plan for the worst while building enterprise resilience and managing costs. Join us and gain insight on these key issues:

Area IT executives best approaches to disaster recovery and business continuity planning:

Keynote Panel
Linking disaster recovery to business and compliance requirements
Business continuity and corporate governance synergies
The convergence of business continuity, security and emergency management trends

Questions? Contact: Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• Thu. Jun 7th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

As outsourcing becomes more accepted within an enterprise, the company perspective of its own boundaries begin to change. Companies are now transforming themselves into an extended enterprise model, whereby many of the functions of the companies are performed outside the company itself. In this seminar we’ll explore how top CIO’s and IT executives support the extended enterprise model while maintaining control over their projects, budgets, compliance risks, & corporate objectives. Following are the sessions you’ll experience as a participant in the event:

Learn from a keynote panel of top CIO’s and IT executives how they successfully support the concept of the Extended Enterprise.

Receive an executive briefing on the top trends facing the Extended Enterprise today
Learn how companies manage the risk and complexity of compliant sourcing in an era where suppliers are willing to accept responsibility.

In a Framework for the Outsourcing Decision process, you’ll learn how to identify your companies core competencies and determine which areas to outsource.

In Making Global Work, Work you’ll learn how to take advantage of the opportunities of global outsourcing, while minimizing the risk

Questions? Contact: Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• Wed. May 16th, 2007 @ 8:00am - Fri. May 18th, 2007 @ 6:00pm
• php | architect
• Hyatt Regency O’Hare hotel, located approximately 2 miles north-west of O’Hare
• Fee: varies
• buy tickets and register online

Would you like three days of incredible PHP learning and fun - plus an extra day dedicated to in-depth tutorials and seminars?

Last year’s edition of php|tek sold out over a month before the start date. Don’t miss out on this year’s event.

Look forward to:
* 3 days of pure PHP
* over 35 talks
* top-notch speakers
* in-depth tutorials
* networking parties
* and much more

• Wed. May 9th, 2007 @ 9:00am - 1:00pm
• eZ Systems
• Downtown Chicago
• Address: Downtown Chicago
• Fee: Free
• Open Online Registration for RSVP

eZ Systems is organizing a free seminar in Chicago on May 9th with focus on Content Management, online Business and

Why attend?

• Learn about the eZ Publish Open Source Content Management System
• Understand how the eZ Publish model can fit in with your business model and needs
• Get first-hand information from eZ Systems
• Learn about eZ Partners in the Chicago area
• Discover how your business can benefit from technologies like blogging, wikis, tagging and e-commerce
• Meet co-founder of eZ Systems

• Mon. May 7, 6-8pm
• Chicago Central ColdFusion and Flex User Group
• International Academy of Design and Technology
• Address: One North State Street between Madison & Washington
• Fee: Free, Prizes & Pizza will be provided. win a copy of CF Server Professional
• For security reasons, you MUST rsvp on our web site and bring ID.

Ever wonder why some companies pay good money to develop apps on the ColdFusion platform when there are free robust options available? Well, Adobe’s Senior Technical Evangelist is coming to Chicago to tell you why his company charges $ 1K-$ 6K for a single server license (and developers are still buying them like hotcakes). We will also get a sneak peek into the next release of CF, codenamed Scorpio.

Think CF is lame, too expensive, uncool, unscaleable? We invite you to attend this free event to grill the CF masters, and defend your platform of choice. Perhaps you will influence the future direction of CF, or even find new supporters for your platform.

Even before the release of CFMX 7 two years ago, the ColdFusion team was already hard at work planning the 8th major ColdFusion edition. Building on top of the powerful platform introduced in ColdFusion MX, and the solid feature set of ColdFusion MX 7, “Scorpio” piles on new features and technologies for developers, administrators, technical decision makers, and more. The official “Scorpio” release is scheduled for mid-2007, but you don’t have to wait until then to see it for yourself. Ben Forta will be demoing lots of Scorpio throughout a user group tour, where attendees will get to see “Scorpio” in action, as well as gain access to the pre-release beta, and get the chance to win Adobe software. And since our user group is part of the Scorpio tour, plan on coming out for this special event!!

Ben Forta is Adobe Inc.’s Senior Technical Evangelist, and has over two decades of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and marketing. Ben is the author of the best-selling ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, Regular Expressions, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more. Over 1/2 million Ben Forta books have been printed in a dozen languages worldwide. Ben co-authored the official ColdFusion training material, as well as the certification tests and official study guides for those tests, writes regular columns on ColdFusion and Internet development, and now spends a considerable amount of time lecturing and speaking on application development worldwide.

Questions? Contact: Igor Ilyinsky - manager {AT} cccfug [DOT] org

• Fri. Dec 22nd, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee at LaSalle & Lake.
• Fee: Buy something to drink and get 1 hour free wifi, $ 1.50 purchases /additional hours

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early like a running club and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

What languages are allowed?
Whatever floats your Blub. Season One saw Python, Perl, Lisp, Ruby, Javascript, and Java (at least). Oh, and some OCaml. Work on what you’re working on. Everyone’s welcome.

• Fri. Nov 17th, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee on LaSalle and Lake
• Fee: just buy some coffee

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early — like a running club — and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

• Monday Oct 16th, 6pm
• Place: Info.com 150 N Michigan, 28th floor, Chicago, IL
• If you will be arriving PAST 7pm, give me your name and I’ll tell Security to let you up.

What’s possible in a post Web 2.0 world? Innovation continues at a mind-bending pace, and this presentation will showcase some thought-provoking new directions that Web Services are headed in. The presentation will provide an overview of Amazon Web Services, and feature a demonstration showing how developers are able to easily utilize on-demand server capacity.

Amazon spent ten years and over $1 billion developing a world-class technology and content platform that powers Amazon web sites for millions of customers every day. Most people think “Amazon.com” when they hear the word; however developers are excited to learn that there is a separate technology arm of the company, known as Amazon Web Services or AWS. Using AWS, developers can build software applications leveraging the same robust, scalable, and reliable technology that powers Amazon’s retail business. AWS has now launched eleven services with open API’s for developers to build applications, with the result that over 160,000 developers have registered on Amazon’s developer site to create applications based on these services.

This is a special event, as it is out of Chicago, but many of us Chicagoans will be travelling to Sunnyvale, CA for this sweet-action event. Be sure to RSVP here, and if you’re a Chicagoan, leave a comment below on this post.

• Friday - Sunday Sept 29 - Oct. 1st in Sunnyvale, CA
• Free to participate, just RSVP here, on Upcoming’s site (Also leave a comment below).
• www.hackday.org

From Yahoo’s announcement:

We’ll kick things off on Friday, September 29th with a free all-day developer workshop. Then we’ll launch a 24-hour Hack Day with an outdoor party into the wee hours, with special guests providing the soundtrack. (Details to come later, but we guarantee this won’t be your usual corporate-wedding-band leading the crowd through 2am group sing-alongs of “Brick House.”) We’ll hack through the night, keep going through Saturday morning, and wind it all up that evening with hacker demos, judging from a panel of luminaries. and special awards for the coolest hacks. We’ll have special guest speakers all weekend, with Michael Arrington of TechCrunch presiding over the festivities. After nightfall we’ll close things out with another round of entertainment that you would be happy to pay for, except that you won’t have to.

Update:

Most of us are taking a Southwest flight (only $110 each way) out on Thursday night and and leaving Sunday morning. Book a flight with us, or leave a post below to split up the hotel room!
Southwest flight details follow:

• Wed. August 16, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
• Info.com 150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 2800
• Pizza and refreshments are typically served
• chiphpug.php.net
• Contact: Richard Lynch, 773-252-8914, chiphpug@l-i-e.com

All are welcome. Php beginners and experts will benefit. Php and related technologies such as mysql, postgresql, gd, ming, etc. are discussed.
Formal meetings are the third Wednesday @ 6 pm of each month at the Info.com location. They host a social event on the first Saturday at 1 pm at Uncommon Ground (3800 Clark)

This is an informal event where you can meet with other php developers and entrepreneurs. I’ve attended several of their formal meetings and have consistently been impressed.

• 1:00 - 3:00 pm
• Uncommon Ground 3800 North Clark, Chicago, IL
• No Cost (just buy yourself lunch or a drink)

website: chiphpug.php.net contact: Richard Lynch 773-252-8914 chiphpug@l-i-e.com

We host this social event (except January and July) at 1 pm at Uncommon Ground (3800 Clark). Our formal meetings are the third Wednesday at 6 pm of each month.

Business Cards Optional

• Mon. July 17, 6-8am at Caribou Coffee at Lake/LaSalle.
• Location: Caribou Coffee (Northwest corner Lake/La Salle)
• Read more and RSVP at: http://TechCoffee.com

Every Monday morning this summer, open source hackers meet somewhere in downtown Chicago and work on the projects that interest them. It can reduce your temptation to just loaf around and read Slashdot.

All developers and technologists are welcome: Pythonizers, Rubyists, Perl Mongers, PHPimps, and Javanauts are welcome. Even Lispers, Schemers, OCamlists, Haskellians, Eiffelers, HyperTalkers, and Stegosauruses (COBOL programmers), too.

We will start July 15th and running through Sunday July 16th. (48 hours of pure tech party, camping on site in the location, creating spontaneous talks, innovation, and code) http://barcampchicago.com/
BarCamp is an ad hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.
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It’s an informal party/conference about technology innovation and collaboration where participants can pitch ideas, present their work, or brainstorm on new developments.
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Read the Wired article: BAR camp press
Venue Found! Date Set July 15 (noon) to 16 (8pm with an afterparty following)
648 W. Randolph, 3rd Floor, right next to the 90/94 junction, a short walk from trains.

PHP User Group (phpug)
Event start date:Â 6:00 pm to 8:30 or 9:00 pm
Event location:Â (new location!) 150 N Michigan Ave Suite 2800, Chicago, IL
Event purpose:Â php beginners and experts, and related technologies such as mysql, postgresql, gd, ming, etc.
Event cost:Â $0
Event related website:Â http://chiphpug.php.net
Event contact name:Â richard lynch
Event contact phone:Â 773-252-8914
Contact email:Â chiphpug@l-i-e.com
Business cards:Â business cards optional

This Monday is the first TechCoffee for the summer: 6-8am at Caribou Coffee at Lake/LaSalle.
The proposal is that every Monday morning from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., open source hackers meet somewhere in downtown Chicago and work on the projects that interest them. We could even setup projectors and let bystanders help find bugs on the big screen… or having a big screen would just serve to bystanders as a window into the wacky world of non-paid software development. It can reduce your temptation to just loaf around and read Slashdot….

All developers and technologists are welcome: Pythonizers, Rubyists, Perl Mongers, PHPimps, and Javanauts are welcome. Even Lispers, Schemers, OCamlists, Haskellians, Eiffelers, HyperTalkers, and Stegosauruses (COBOL programmers), too.

• The first TECHcoffee will be on Monday, June 19th, 6-8 a.m. in the Loop. Location: Caribou Coffee (Northwest corner Lake/La Salle)
• Read more and RSVP at: http://TechCoffee.com

PHP User Group (phpug)
Event start date:Â 6:00 pm
Event location:Â type a, 223 w. Erie 300, chicago, il
Event purpose:Â php beginners and experts, and related technologies such as mysql, postgresql, gd, ming, etc.
Event cost:Â $0
Event related website:Â http://chiphpug.php.net
Event contact name:Â richard lynch
Event contact phone:Â 773-252-8914
Contact email:Â chiphpug@l-i-e.com
Business cards:Â business cards optional